BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZAKA - "CHESSED SHEL EMET"

Registered charity 1099639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZAKA

Making grants to those institutions and charities falling within the charity's objects.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £83,878 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £96,089. The trustees do not operate a formal reserves policy, noting that available funds are distributed in line with the needs of Zaka in Israel. Total income fell significantly to £213,684 from £787,759 in the previous year, while charitable expenditure remained high at £297,562.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/10/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CARROLL RAPHAEL
• FLORA FRANK

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL.

• BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.6m
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT income £121k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF EZRAT YISRAEL KIRYAT SEFER income £4.2m
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ income £998k
• COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m
• THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF ZICHRON MENACHEM income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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